collect definition

1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
2. call for and obtain payment of
• examples: we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
• examples: he collected the rent
3. get or bring together
• examples: accumulate evidence
4. gather or collect
• examples: You can get the results on Monday
• examples: She picked up the children at the day care center
• examples: They pick up our trash twice a week
5. payable by the recipient on delivery
• examples: a collect call
• examples: the letter came collect
• examples: a COD parcel
6. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays
• examples: call collect
• examples: send a package collect